| one of the best reggae concerts ever the legendary bunny wailer Tracklist 1. Intro / Same old dragon 2. Blackheart man 3. Dreamland 4. Love fire 5. Struggle 6. Rise and Shine 7. Dance rock 8. Rock and groove 9. Rootsman skanking 10. Cool runnings 11. Rule dancehall 12. Ballroom floor 13. Keep on moving 14. Rule this land 15. I stand predominate 16. I'm the toughest 17. Hypocrite 18. Together again The buildup to this historic concert film is nearly as exciting as the actual spectacle of the sole surviving Wailer working out on the stage of NYC's famous Madison Square Garden arena. By 1986, the year of this concert, both Bob Marley and Peter Tosh were gone, and Wailer had not been seen abroad in at least 10 years, reportedly because of a fear of flying. Very few artists can make their comeback in a venue of this size, but Wailer played to a packed house, and what a show it must have been. This video does get off to a laughably lame start, with Wailer appearing in a burst of smoke amidst other cheesy special effects, but there's nothing comical about the canon of songs from which he draws in the show proper. The viewer can't help but wonder at the serendipitous stroke of fate that brought Wailer, Marley, and Tosh together, because as this performance video proves (along with the many of Bob Marley and the few of Peter Tosh), each was a songwriter and performer of genius. Clad in flowing robes, a woven Rasta belt doing double duty here to hold a lion's head against his ... |
